If you are 1. for a symbol of Britain, only one thing 2. the test-the umbrella. In London, even 3. the sky is perfectly blue, you can be sure it’s going to start raining within the hour. And when it does, there is chaos(混乱). Trains 4., drains block, and buses 5.down as if this was the first time the local government had seen this coming out of the clouds.

So as with so many things in the UK-- it’s up to ordinary people to sort 6. out. No one will ever leave home 7. his umbrella.

An umbrella has8.of uses, even on rare rain-free days. A real gentleman of London will use his umbrella 9. a walking stick. A traditional game of cricket(板球)can be10.using an umbrella as a bat. Nor do you ever have to be afraid of robbers-your umbrella can be used as a defensive weapon(防卫武器).

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You may not realize it, but you are doing much more than just studying when you are at school. School is a   1.  the place where you learn to get along well with people. But this is not always easy. What can you do if you just don’t like one of your classmates?

If you d  2. that you have problems getting along with your classmates or friends, the most important thing to learn is tolerance(宽容). Tolerance is the ability to realize and respect the differences in others. We cannot change the w 3. that other people do, so it is important to learn to live h  4. with them.

Tolerance will make everyone get on better with each other. K  5.others constantly(不断地) makes us understand others’ differences.

Something different does not exactly mean that it is bad. Tolerance t 6.us to keep an even temper(温和的脾气) and an open mind.

You need to remember an old saying, “Treat others h   7. you want to be treated.” You would like to be treated kindly by your classmates, so it is important to treat them kindly too. If you tolerate something, it does not mean that you have to like it. No one is asking you to change who you are or what you believe in. Tolerance just means that you s   8. respect the differences in others and not to try to make them change.

It is important to practice tolerance, because it will make e  9. life easier. Learn to accept people for t   10.  different abilities and interests. The world is very different, and practicing tolerance in your own school and city can help make things better.

---Huangyan Island belongs to China.

---Surely it does! We Chinese will never__________it up.

A．cut              B．give              C．mix              D．set

Can plants eat people? Probably not, but there are many plants that eat meat. Some of them are big. And they can eat small animals. One famous meat-eating plant is the Venus flytrap.

The Venus flytrap is a very strange plant. It grows in dry parts of the United States. Its leaves are like the pages of a book. They can open and close very quickly. Inside the leaves, there are three small hairs.  If a fly touches one of the hair, the leaf presses the fly until it is dead. Then, the plant covers the fly. Slowly, the plant eats the fly.

Why do plants do such things? As we know, most plants get what they need from the sun, the air, and the ground. In some places, the ground is very poor. It does not have all these important things, especially nitrogen( 氮 ). Animal meat has a lot of nitrogen, so some plants eat meat to get what they need.  Let’s hope that some of the bigger plants don’t get the same idea!

1.The Venus flytrap is a kind of _______.

A. food    B. animal    C. plant   D. meat

2.Why do some plants eat animal meat? Because _______.

A. plants are dangerous to animals

B. animals are dangerous to plants

C. plants want to get what they need from animal meat

D. plants want to protect themselves against animals

3.Where can most plants get what they need?

A. From the people   B. From the animals

C. From the soil      D. From the sun, the air, and the ground